Epinephrine is not a useful addition to intrathecal fentanyl or fentanyl-bupivacaine for labor analgesia

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 374-379

  Goodman, Stephanie R ^a   Kim Lo, Susan H ^a   Ciliberto, Christopher F ^a   Ridley, Diane M ^b   Smiley, Richard M ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Combined spinal and epidural; Epinephrine; Labor; Obstetrics; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0036077004     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rapm.2002.33283     Document Type: Article

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